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Gasherbrum I was first climbed on July 5, 1958 by Pete Schoening and Andy Kauffman of an eight-man American expedition led by Nicholas B. Clinch. Richard K. Irvin, Tom Nevison, Tom McCormack, Bob Swift and Gil Roberts were also members of the team. Read more

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The Limantepe harbour settlement was inhabited starting from 6000 years ago and was equipped with a fortification wall partially submerged in the sea. The settlement changed significantly over time, and is one of the oldest known artificial harbours in the Aegean Sea. [url=http://en.wikipedi...

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Operation Crossroads was a series of nuclear weapon tests conducted by the United States at Bikini Atoll in mid-1946. Its purpose was to investigate the effect of nuclear weapons on naval ships. The series consisted of two detonations, each with a yield of 23 kilotons: Able was detonated at an altit...

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British Airways Flight 9, sometimes referred to by its callsign Speedbird 9 or Jakarta incident, was a scheduled British Airways flight from London Heathrow to Auckland. On 24 June 1982, the route was flown by the City of Edinburgh, a 747-236B. On the third leg of the flight (from Madras to Kuala Lump...

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Test No. 6 is the codename for China's first test of a three-staged thermonuclear device and, also its sixth nuclear weapons test. The device was detonated at Lop Nur Test Base, or often dubbed as Lop Nur Nuclear Weapon Test Base, in Malan, Xinjiang, on 17 June 1967. Read more

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The Dunhuang manuscripts were discovered in a sealed cave in the Mogao Caves by the Daoist monk Wang Yuanlu on June 25, 1900. The Dunhuang map or Dunhuang Star map is one of the first known graphical representations of stars from ancient Chinese astronomy, dated to the Tang Dynasty (618-907). Before...

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During one of the routine crossings from Rosyth - Scapa Flow, HMS Astronomer was spotted and attacked by the German submarine U-58 . It happened June 1, 1940, in the area about 30 miles south-east of the Scottish town of Wick. Torpedo, fired just before midnight, about 23.48, hit the stern of HMS Astro...

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Dan yr Ogof, also known as the National Showcaves Centre for Wales, is a 17-kilometre long cave system in south Wales, five miles north of Ystradgynlais and fifteen miles south west of Brecon within the Brecon Beacons National Park. [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_yr_Ogof]Read more[/...

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Anthropologists have discovered a beautiful Greek waterfront paradise once inhabited by generations of Neanderthals up to 100,000 years ago, according to a new study. This particular population was based at what is known as The Kalamakia Middle Paleolithic Cave site on the Mani peninsula of sou...

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Project Iceworm was the code name for a top secret US Army program during the Cold War to build a network of mobile nuclear missile launch sites under the Greenland ice sheet. To test the feasibility of construction techniques a project site called "Camp Century" was started, located at a...

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Australian lake untouched by climate change Researchers at the University of Adelaide have found that a lake on an island off the coast of Queensland has been relatively untouched by changes in climate for the past 7000 years, and has so far also resisted the impact of humans. Blue Lake, one of the lar...

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The burning of the Jaffna library was an important event in the Sri Lankan civil war. An organized mob of Sinhalese origin went on a rampage on the nights of May 31 to June 1, 1981, burning the Jaffna public library. It was one of the most violent examples of ethnic biblioclasm of the 20th century. [url=h...

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The Cooper's Hill Cheese-Rolling and Wake is an annual event held on the Spring Bank Holiday at Cooper's Hill, (grid reference SO892146) near Gloucester in the Cotswolds region of England. It is traditionally by and for the people who live in the local village of Brockworth, but now people from all o...

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Chagai-I was the codename referring to the five underground nuclear tests conducted by Pakistan at 15:15hrs (3:15 pm PST) on 28 May 1998. The tests were performed in a secret Chagai weapon-testing laboratories, located in the Chagai District of the Baluchistan Province of Pakistan. Read more

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	Gasherbrum I (Preview) Gasherbrum I was first climbed on July 5, 1958 by Pete Schoening and Andy Kauffman of an eight-man American expedition led by Nicholas B. Clinch. Richard K. Irvin, Tom Nevison, Tom McCormack, Bob Swift and Gil Roberts were also members of the team. Read more	Blobrana	0	Jul 4 07:19 2013 by Blobrana
	Limantepe (Preview) The Limantepe harbour settlement was inhabited starting from 6000 years ago and was equipped with a fortification wall partially submerged in the sea. The settlement changed significantly over time, and is one of the oldest known artificial harbours in the Aegean Sea. [url=http://en.wikipedi...	Blobrana	0	Jul 4 02:12 2013 by Blobrana
	Operation Crossroads (Preview) Operation Crossroads was a series of nuclear weapon tests conducted by the United States at Bikini Atoll in mid-1946. Its purpose was to investigate the effect of nuclear weapons on naval ships. The series consisted of two detonations, each with a yield of 23 kilotons: Able was detonated at an altit...	Blobrana	1	Jul 1 02:28 2013 by Blobrana
	British Airways Flight 9 (Preview) British Airways Flight 9, sometimes referred to by its callsign Speedbird 9 or Jakarta incident, was a scheduled British Airways flight from London Heathrow to Auckland. On 24 June 1982, the route was flown by the City of Edinburgh, a 747-236B. On the third leg of the flight (from Madras to Kuala Lump...	Blobrana	0	Jun 23 20:10 2013 by Blobrana
	Test No. 6 (Preview) Test No. 6 is the codename for China's first test of a three-staged thermonuclear device and, also its sixth nuclear weapons test. The device was detonated at Lop Nur Test Base, or often dubbed as Lop Nur Nuclear Weapon Test Base, in Malan, Xinjiang, on 17 June 1967. Read more	Blobrana	0	Jun 16 06:41 2013 by Blobrana
	Dunhuang map (Preview) The Dunhuang manuscripts were discovered in a sealed cave in the Mogao Caves by the Daoist monk Wang Yuanlu on June 25, 1900. The Dunhuang map or Dunhuang Star map is one of the first known graphical representations of stars from ancient Chinese astronomy, dated to the Tang Dynasty (618-907). Before...	Blobrana	0	Jun 16 00:02 2013 by Blobrana
	HMS Astronomer Boat (Preview) During one of the routine crossings from Rosyth - Scapa Flow, HMS Astronomer was spotted and attacked by the German submarine U-58 . It happened June 1, 1940, in the area about 30 miles south-east of the Scottish town of Wick. Torpedo, fired just before midnight, about 23.48, hit the stern of HMS Astro...	Blobrana	0	Jun 15 00:55 2013 by Blobrana
	Dan yr Ogof cave Cave (Preview) Dan yr Ogof, also known as the National Showcaves Centre for Wales, is a 17-kilometre long cave system in south Wales, five miles north of Ystradgynlais and fifteen miles south west of Brecon within the Brecon Beacons National Park. [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_yr_Ogof]Read more[/...	Blobrana	1	Jun 12 00:35 2013 by Blobrana
	Kalamakia Cave Cave (Preview) Anthropologists have discovered a beautiful Greek waterfront paradise once inhabited by generations of Neanderthals up to 100,000 years ago, according to a new study. This particular population was based at what is known as The Kalamakia Middle Paleolithic Cave site on the Mani peninsula of sou...	Blobrana	0	Jun 7 17:42 2013 by Blobrana
	Project Iceworm (Preview) Project Iceworm was the code name for a top secret US Army program during the Cold War to build a network of mobile nuclear missile launch sites under the Greenland ice sheet. To test the feasibility of construction techniques a project site called "Camp Century" was started, located at a...	Blobrana	0	Jun 5 06:38 2013 by Blobrana
	Blue Lake (Preview) Australian lake untouched by climate change Researchers at the University of Adelaide have found that a lake on an island off the coast of Queensland has been relatively untouched by changes in climate for the past 7000 years, and has so far also resisted the impact of humans. Blue Lake, one of the lar...	Blobrana	0	Jun 4 21:42 2013 by Blobrana
	Kullu valley Valley (Preview) [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kullu_Valley#Kullu_Valley]Read	Blobrana	1	Jun 2 20:02 2013 by Blobrana
	Jaffna library (Preview) The burning of the Jaffna library was an important event in the Sri Lankan civil war. An organized mob of Sinhalese origin went on a rampage on the nights of May 31 to June 1, 1981, burning the Jaffna public library. It was one of the most violent examples of ethnic biblioclasm of the 20th century. [url=h...	Blobrana	0	May 30 19:56 2013 by Blobrana
	Cooper's Hill cheese race (Preview) The Cooper's Hill Cheese-Rolling and Wake is an annual event held on the Spring Bank Holiday at Cooper's Hill, (grid reference SO892146) near Gloucester in the Cotswolds region of England. It is traditionally by and for the people who live in the local village of Brockworth, but now people from all o...	Blobrana	0	May 28 02:41 2013 by Blobrana
	Chagai-I nuclear test (Preview) Chagai-I was the codename referring to the five underground nuclear tests conducted by Pakistan at 15:15hrs (3:15 pm PST) on 28 May 1998. The tests were performed in a secret Chagai weapon-testing laboratories, located in the Chagai District of the Baluchistan Province of Pakistan. Read more	Blobrana	1	May 28 05:38 2013 by Blobrana
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